Washington DC, July 29 -- The East Turkistan Government in Exile, or ETGE, held a demonstration outside the US Department of State to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the July 28, 2014, Yarkent Massacre.

According to a statement shared by the ETGE on X, representatives gathered to honour those killed in the violence and to demand justice for what the group described as one of the deadliest massacres in East Turkistan's recent history.

The organisation alleged that thousands of Uyghurs were killed in Yarkent County in 2014, claiming the incident occurred months after China launched what it described as an ongoing campaign of genocide in the region.

In its statement, the ETGE urged the United States and the international community to ...